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Brazil vs Costa Rica, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2018
Brazil
2 – 0
Full Time
Costa Rica
Fri 22 Jun 2018 · 12:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Neymar 81' Y
Philippe Coutinho 81' Y
Y 84' Johnny Acosta

Overview

Match Preview

Brazil vs Costa Rica — Worldcup .

Match Details

  • Referee Damir Skomina
  • Referee Jure Praprotnik
  • Referee Bjorn Kuipers
  • Referee Sander van Roekel
  • Referee Erwin Zeinstra
  • Referee Danny Makkelie
  • Referee Artur Soares Dias
  • Referee Mark Geiger
  • Referee Joe Fletcher

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Brazil 1 games · Avg 2.0 goals Costa Rica
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-22 Brazil 2–0 Costa Rica

Recent Form

Brazil
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Jun Costa Rica H 2–0 W
17 Jun Switzerland H 1–1 D
07 Feb VfL Bochum 1848 H 1–1 D
26 Oct RB Leipzig H 1–0 W
21 Aug Hannover 96 H 4–3 W
Costa Rica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Jun Brazil A 0–2 L
17 Jun Serbia H 0–1 L
21 Aug SC Rot-Weiss Oberhausen H 0–6 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
40% Clean Sheets
Brazil this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Brazil
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/2
31-45
4/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
–/–
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Brazil
Vinicius Junior 4 G 1 A
Matheus Cunha 3 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. Brazil get us underway at .
  • 5' Costa Rica come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 10' It’s high time Tite made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 15' Costa Rica are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 20' Johnny Acosta has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 25' The home supporters are growing impatient. Brazil must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 30' Brazil seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 35' Brazil are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Brazil that had 31 games and scored 59 goals.
  • 45' Brazil is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 46' Time for substitution for Brazil. Willian is replaced by Douglas Costa.
  • 51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 54' Marcos Urena makes way for Cristian Bolanos at the 54 minute mark. A tactical switch from Costa Rica.
  • 59' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 64' Costa Rica international Bryan Ruiz has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 68' Another substitution for Brazil to replace Paulinho by Roberto Firmino on 68 minute.
  • 73' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 75' Another substitution for Costa Rica to replace Cristian Gamboa by Francisco Calvo on 75 minute.
  • 80' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Philippe Coutinho suffering a number of foals already.
  • 81' The referee has no hesitation. Neymar is booked for Brazil — Yellow card on 81.
  • 83' The whistle greets David Guzman as he departs to be replaced by Yeltsin Tejeda.
  • 84' Johnny Acosta catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 84.
  • 89' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 90' What composure from Philippe Coutinho! The Brazil international strokes it home. 1-0.
  • 90' The whistle greets Gabriel Jesus as he departs to be replaced by Fernandinho.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Brazil to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Brazil Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tite

Costa Rica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Oscar Ramirez

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.64 Brazil xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.67 Costa Rica xG
I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 60% + Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Brazil60% Draw25% Costa Rica15%
Actual: Brazil win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes40% 0% No60%
Avg goals/match: 2.31
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 67%
33%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 21%
79%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Brazil or Draw
85%
Draw or Costa Rica
40%
Brazil or Costa Rica
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Brazil40% Draw49% Costa Rica11%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
15.5%
2 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
12%
1 – 1
11.6%
2 – 1
8.7%
3 – 0
7%
0 – 1
5.6%
3 – 1
4.8%
1 – 2
3.4%
2 – 2
2.9%
4 – 0
2.9%
0 – 2
2.1%

Asian Handicap — Brazil

Handicap Brazil covers Push Costa Rica covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 19% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 26% 41%
-0.5 59% — 41%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 10% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Brazil keeps clean sheet
52% ✓
Costa Rica keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.